Mini Update Sticky Post: February 18, 2019
I’ve got a small stack of Octavia Butler to read, some rereading (the volumes in the Xenogenesis trilogy) and some new reading (the Earthseed pair). And I’m enjoying Andrew Miller’s Now We Shall Be Entirely Free (which was a slow starter for me, but now is mesmerizing). Also, a volume of poetry by Ann Shin (an acclaimed director too). And Mary Hocking’s Welcome Strangers (the third in the Daughters trilogy). And in my Joan Aiken rereading/reading project, I’ve moved on from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, into The Night Birds of Nantucket.
So many books to talk about! Including what’s currently in my bookbag and current projects.
Reading Louise Erdrich: fiction and non-fiction. (Next: Home of the Future Living God.)
Reading Mavis Gallant, one story at a time: Home Truths, running from February through April, moving past the halfway mark in her oeuvre.
Exploring my grandmother’s copies of Mazo de la Roche’s Jalna stories. (I’ve finished reading the 16th and final volume.)
How about you: what are you reading these days, and what are you looking forward to reading soon?
(First time here? Please don’t be shy: there’s no such thing as too much bookchat! Please leave a comment, say hello, talk books!)
Oh, yes, Payton Place. You can’t get much more trashy than that! 😉 Pretty much every nasty thing that can happen in a community does. I always meant to watch the TV show. I wouldn’t mind reading the Ng novel myself. I really liked her first book. I am sort of on a Russian reading binge, but it mostly only extends to the setting and not (maybe not Yet) to Russian authors. Maybe I can squeeze in a Chekhov novella or some short stories. I have been thinking of rereading Anna K, but that would have to be contemplated for January, I think. Are you feeling more freedom to have the CanLit Giller Prize reading done?
I’ve heard really good things about Louise Erdrich, though I haven’t read anything by her. Where would you suggest beginning?
I took the Gallant collection home with me over the weekend but then didn’t get a chance to read the first story so I have it with me today. Not sure I’ll write about each story, or maybe will just write about them in a very loose sort of way.
You’re also welcome to leave a long comment on my post if you prefer: I don’t mind. But the first one is, technically, a novella, which I’ve just finished rereading today, so you could probably find enough to say about that one for a post on its own, if you are so inclined. (Some are much shorter, I see, and I think this first story is the only one I’ve read before.)